The Accreditation Council and Awards Panel ensure impartiality in awarding  accreditation and ISO certification, inform standards development and ratify revisions, oversee the accreditation process and advise on all issues relating to the quality agenda.

As volunteers, they bring independence to the accreditation process and a breadth of expertise that reflects the broad range of organisations we work with. The members represent Royal Colleges, professional institutes and other healthcare organisations, and cover different healthcare sectors and specialities. The Accreditation Awards Panel meets every six to eight weeks specifically to review accreditation survey and monitoring reports and discuss accreditation awards.

Accreditation Council Members
 

  • Elizabeth Fenton OBE, Chair, Director of Nursing and  Midwifery - Workforce , Training and Education, NHS England

  • Jo Marsden, Vice Chair, British Association of Day Surgery

  • Gerard Crofton-Martin, Director of Transformation and Improvement, Social Care Institute for Excellence

  • Carlos Esteves, Coordination of VMER (Medical Emergency Vehicle/Service) Centro Hospitalar do Medio Ave,  E.P.E., Portugal

  • Hayley Hall, Lay member

  • Alison Newman, Healthcare Quality and Risk  Consultant

  • Geraldine Reynolds, Independent Senior Management Advisor


Find out more about our council members here.


Awards Panel Members
 

  • Elizabeth Wheatley, Chair, Independent Healthcare Consultant

  • Monica Mooney, Vice Chair, Independent Healthcare Consultant

  • Carlos Esteves, Coordination of VMER (Medical Emergency Vehicle/Service), Centro Hospitalar do Medio Ave, E.P.E., Portugal

  • Mary Farrar, Independent Healthcare Consultant

  • Anne Jenkins, Deputy Matron, Quality and Risk Manager, King Edwards VII's Hospital, London

  • Gary Sheils, Chief Operating Officer, Hope House Addiction Treatment Centre

  • Shanthi Thomas, Consultant Physician

  • Simon Harrison, Director of Ideas Afresh Ltd/ Independent Healthcare Consultant

  • Isabel Ho, Quality Superintendent, Radiotherapy Services, The Harley Street Clinic

  • Jill Horne, Quality Assurance & Clinical Risk Specialist

  • Lisa O'Farrell,